Achilles: Difference between revisions
imported>VilkaTheWolf No edit summary |
imported>Kaikai947 No edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
{{youmay|the [[Greece|Greek]] hero|[[Achilles Davenport]]}} | {{youmay|the [[Greece|Greek]] hero|[[Achilles Davenport]]}} | ||
[[File:RageofAchilles.jpeg|250px|thumb|''The Rage of Achilles'' by {{Wiki|Giovanni Battista Tiepolo}}]] | [[File:RageofAchilles.jpeg|250px|thumb|''The Rage of Achilles'' by {{Wiki|Giovanni Battista Tiepolo}}]] | ||
'''Achilles''' was a [[Greece|Greek]] warrior who was most famous for participating in the | '''Achilles''' was a [[Greece|Greek]] warrior who was most famous for participating in the [[Trojan War]], a conflict traditionally dated around 1200 BCE. A central character of the ''[[Iliad]]'', an epic poem by [[Homer]], he is the greatest warrior in the story. | ||
Legend also had it that he was invulnerable throughout his entire body except for one of his heels because when his mother, {{wiki|Thetis}}, dipped him into the river {{wiki|Styx}} as an infant so that he may become invincible, she held him by one of his heels. As a consequence, he was ultimately slain by [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]] when the {{wiki|Troy|Trojan}} prince fired an arrow into his vulnerable heel. In 48 BCE, a hunter [[bow]] named the [[Achilles Heel Seeker]] found in [[Egypt]] was marketed as based on the design of Paris's bow.<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref> | Legend also had it that he was invulnerable throughout his entire body except for one of his heels because when his mother, {{wiki|Thetis}}, dipped him into the river {{wiki|Styx}} as an infant so that he may become invincible, she held him by one of his heels. As a consequence, he was ultimately slain by [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]] when the {{wiki|Troy|Trojan}} prince fired an arrow into his vulnerable heel. In 48 BCE, a hunter [[bow]] named the [[Achilles Heel Seeker]] found in [[Egypt]] was marketed as based on the design of Paris's bow.<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref> | ||
Revision as of 03:33, 18 October 2018
| This article is about the Greek hero. You may be looking for Achilles Davenport. |
Achilles was a Greek warrior who was most famous for participating in the Trojan War, a conflict traditionally dated around 1200 BCE. A central character of the Iliad, an epic poem by Homer, he is the greatest warrior in the story.
Legend also had it that he was invulnerable throughout his entire body except for one of his heels because when his mother, Thetis, dipped him into the river Styx as an infant so that he may become invincible, she held him by one of his heels. As a consequence, he was ultimately slain by Paris when the Trojan prince fired an arrow into his vulnerable heel. In 48 BCE, a hunter bow named the Achilles Heel Seeker found in Egypt was marketed as based on the design of Paris's bow.[1]
In 2012, the Assassin Clay Kaczmarek included Achilles in one of the glyph puzzles inside the Animus for his successor, Desmond Miles, to find. In the particular puzzle, Achilles was excluded as one of the historical individuals who once held a Staff of Eden.[2]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed II (painting only)
- Assassin's Creed: Origins (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (mentioned only)